Commercial Pesticide Safety Education Information
Dates/Locations for Gage County Initial Trainings:
- March 17, 2022: 8am at the Gage County Extension Office Meeting Room
Dates/Locations for Gage County Recertification Trainings:
- February 15, 2022: 8am at the Gage County Extension Office Meeting Room
- March 8, 2022: 8am at the Gage County Extension Office Meeting Room
- March 22, 2022: 8am at the Gage County Extension Office Meeting Room
Check current pesticide license status — Are you listed in the applicator database operated by the Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA)? Check online or contact NDA at 402-471-2351.
Be sure to Recertify BEFORE your Pesticide Applicators license expires.
Commercial Applicator — A licensed applicator who uses any restricted use pesticide (RUP) on a contractual or “for hire” basis. Commercial applicator shall also include any person using restricted or general use pesticides “for hire” or compensation for lawn care, structural pest control, or community-wide outdoor vector control.
Noncommercial Applicator — A licensed applicator who applies RUPs only on lands owned or controlled by his/her employer or for a governmental agency or subdivision of the state. Also, a licensed applicator who applies either general or restricted use pesticides to control mosquitoes on behalf of a political subdivision of the state.
Private Applicator — A licensed applicator who uses any restricted use pesticide (RUP) for purposes of producing any agricultural commodity on property owned or rented by him/her or his/her employer, or to apply on the property of another person without compensation (other than trading of personal services between producers of agricultural commodities).
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